Oblique radiograph of the right hand demonstrating soft tissue calcification, characteristic of dialysis related metastatic calcification.
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Intake of too much vitamin D would be evident by anorexia, loss of appetite, or soft tissue calcification.
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Such metastatic soft tissue calcification is mainly in tissues containing " calcium catchers " such as elastic fibres or sour mucopolysaccharides.
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This reference mentions soft tissue calcification as a feature : Or it might be pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism : I think saw a description of that somewhere that's quite close to Mirv's description ( bony tissue forming at random in the body . . . . nasty ).
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It is unclear whether M�nckeberg's arteriosclerosis is a distinct entity or forms part of a spectrum of vascular calcification that includes atherosclerosis and calcification in the inner layer of the artery wall ( tunica intima ), calcification of the internal elastic lamina, calcification of cardiac valves and widespread soft tissue calcification.